US Launches Airstrikes Against Iran Following Deadly Attack in Jordan In a dramatic escalation of the ongoing conflict, the US military has launched new airstrikes against Iran in response to an attack that killed two American service members and left one missing in Jordan. The attack, which also injured four others, marked the first direct US casualties from Iranian fire since the war began. US President Donald Trump described the deaths as a "shame" and vowed to hold Iran accountable for its actions. The airstrikes targeted Iranian Revolutionary Guard facilities, as well as other strategic infrastructure, in a bid to "swiftly punish" the country for its aggression. The conflict between the US and Iran has been escalating in recent weeks, with both sides trading blows and suffering casualties. Iran's supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has warned Washington that it will face "even heavier costs and further humiliation" for its actions, but the US has shown no signs of backing down. The latest developments bring the number of US service members killed in the conflict to 16, with over 430 injured. As tensions continue to rise, the international community is watching with bated breath to see how the situation will unfold.
Fresh attack comes after Iran’s supreme leader warned Washington would pay for ‘seeking to escalate’ the conflictTwo US troops killed and one missing in Jordan after Iranian attacksThe US military said it launched new airstrikes against Iran to “swiftly punish” the country’s Revolutionary Guard for an attack in Jordan that killed two American service members, left one missing and four requiring hospitalisation.Speaking to the New York Post, the US president, Donald Trump, described the deaths as a “shame”. “They did it because they don’t want to see Iran have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said of the troops. “And it just shows you how bad (the Iranians) are,” he added.The two US troop deaths on Friday were its first from direct Iranian fire since the opening days of the war. US defence secretary Pete Hegseth posted on X: “Their sacrifice only stiffens our resolve.”Iran appeared to target Saudi Arabia as well as other US Gulf allies and Jordan on Saturday after US attacks on Iranian bridges, power facilities and other infrastructure.Mojtaba Khamenei said US actions had shown that Trump’s signature was “utterly worthless and devoid of credibility”, warning of “even heavier costs and further humiliation” for the US, in a statement carried by the official social media accounts of Iran’s supreme leader and state media.The American deaths brought the number of US service members killed since the war began to 16, while more than 430 have been injured. Iran’s health ministry said on Saturday that 50 people had been killed and more than 500 injured in US strikes on the country over the past three weeks.In Iraq, a base near Irbil of the Kurdistan Freedom party, an Iranian Kurdish dissident group, was struck by a drone early on Sunday, wounding eight of its members, according to a military official with the group.The most significant damage from Iranian strikes on Saturday occurred in Kuwait, where a water desalination plant and an oil facility were hit, according to the Kuwait authorities and the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation. It was the second attack against a desalination plant in two days in the tiny nation that depends on desalination for 90% of its drinking water. Continue reading...
